K-12 Counseling Department Date 11/1/2018 Dr. Ashley Janosko 1 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

K-12 Counseling Department Date 11/1/2018 Dr. Ashley Janosko 1

AGENDA ❏ Guidance update & Strategic Plan accomplishments ❏ New Strategic Plan Goal: Student & Staff Wellness ❏ What’s Next? 2

GUIDANCE DEPARTMENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS GOAL: Improve the overall 14/15- 97 college visits ❏ perception and performance of our 15/16- 107 college visits ❏ ❏ 16/17- 142 college visits Guidance Department to better meet 17/18- 198 college visits ❏ the general needs of our students 18/19- 181 (as of 10/31) ❏ and parents – particularly in the areas of college readiness, parent outreach and university outreach. 3

CAREER EXPOSURE ❏ Data-driven career opportunities ❏ District-wide participation ❏ Utilizing parent and community members as a resource ❏ Positive feedback 4

COLLEGE JUMPSTART ❏ Naviance-list review & development ❏ Common App, Coalition App-created & started ❏ Senior Handbook introduction ❏ College admission counselors present: Admissions Do’s & Don’ts ❖ ❖ Resume Building Financial Aid 101 & Scholarships ❖ ❖ Essay workshop-Villanova & TCNJ admissions ❖ Mock Admission Interviews-Princeton 5

COLLEGE/CAREER COUNSELING PROGRESSION Freshman Year Sophomore Year Freshman Orientation/Transition Counseling Individual Academic Monitoring & Scheduling ❏ ❏ ❏ Individual meetings to create/review 4-year plan ❏ Parent/Teacher/Student Meetings, if applicable Individual Academic Monitoring & Scheduling Career Exposure Presentation ❏ ❏ ❏ Parent/Teacher/Student Meetings, if applicable ❏ Sophomore College Planning Night Freshman Parent Night Naviance Introduction & Skills Inventories ❏ ❏ ❏ Freshman & Sophomore College Planning Night ❏ PSAT Information & Score Review PSAT Information & Score Review Overview of standardized testing programs ❏ ❏ Junior Year Senior Year ❏ Individual Academic Monitoring & Scheduling ❏ Individual Academic Monitoring & Scheduling Naviance Classroom Lessons College Application assistance ❏ ❏ ❏ Junior College & Career Night ❏ Senior Naviance Lessons Individual student/parent college/career counseling Senior College & Career Night ❏ ❏ meeting ❏ College & Career Fair PSAT Information & Score Review College Admission Counselor visits ❏ ❏ ❏ Testing Options Counseling ❏ “If I Knew Then What I Know Now” College & Career Fair Counselors author Letters of Recommendation to ❏ ❏ ❏ College Admission Counselor visits Institutions of Higher Learning “If I Knew Then What I Know Now” Senior Transition meetings ❏ ❏ ❏ Financial Aid Night ❏ Senior Awards Night 6 College Jump Start ❏

GUIDANCE DEPARTMENT & ONGOING PROFESSIONAL GROWTH GOAL: Diversify professional development opportunities for our Guidance professionals College Career Admissions Panel Brown, University of Chicago, Columbia U, The Test and the ART of thinking Cornell, Rice U Career day program at St. Joseph's school for the blind Montclair School Counselor day HESAA financial aid update Villanova Works Career/Education Center STEM in Aviation Colby, Bates, Bowdoin College Counselor Workshop Union County Career and Technical Institute Counselor TCNJ Fall 2018 Counselor Reception Information and Session NJIT Counselor Appreciation Day School counselors cook at ICE event Gettysburg College Breakfast Exploring College Options Counselor Breakfast, Featuring Duke, Georgetown, Harvard, Penn and Stanford Student-Learning Pace University Counselor Event Women’s Leadership Conference NYU Counselor Open House Students with School Avoidance: Issues Related to Rutgers Fall Counselor Day Re-Entry to School University of Pennsylvania Campus visit United Way School Support Network Workshop How to Support Students During Times of Transition Mental Health NJ School Counselor Association Conference Treating Traumatic Stress in Kids: Sensory, Yoga & 504 Team Training Mindfulness Techniques to Rewire the Young Brain HIB Rules & Regulations Fostering Resilience in the Grieving Student School Safety and Climate Team Addressing Staff Mental Health Issues College Board Counselor Workshop 7 LEGAL ONE Addressing Student Mental Health Issues Stress and Brain/Mindfulness

STUDENT & STAFF WELLNESS GOAL: Improve the overall climate of our schools to improve student interactions and to provide a safer, more productive environment for our students and staff members. Mind full or Mindful? Behavioral Pay attention: Sandy Hook Promise Implementation ❏ ❏ Say Hello- Build inclusive environment ❏ to your life ❏ for all ❏ to your life here and now Say Something- Importance of telling a ❏ to your life here and now ❏ trusted adult with kindness Know the Signs- Awareness of at risk ❏ ❏ to your life here and now behaviors and importance of sharing with kindness and curiosity information Anonymous Reporting Tool- ❏ Investigation and Research ongoing with District HIB Committee 8

PRESCHOOL- 1ST GRADE GOAL: Develop a program of student wellness ❏ Monthly Community Celebrations Superhero Inside ❏ “Everyone is a star that deserves the right to twinkle” ❏ Classroom Lessons for the Week of Respect ❏ ❏ Small Group and Individual Counseling during WIN Lunch Bunch Friendship Groups ❏ 9

ELEMENTARY COUNSELING DEPARTMENT GOAL: Develop a program of student wellness Week of Respect Classroom Lessons ❏ Mindfulness activity “Get into your mindful body” ❏ Taught specific ways to connect with others--say “Hi” and ask ❏ questions to get to know others Friendship Lunch Bunch ❏ Transition to elementary school and making new friends ❏ Individual & Small Group Counseling Opportunities ❏ ❏ Educate students and demonstrate visibility ❏ How to report? Who do I feel comfortable sharing with? 10

MIDDLE SCHOOL COUNSELING GOAL: Develop a program of student wellness ❏ Special Start to the School Year ❏ Students had class meetings, mindfulness activity, advisory time, as well as only half their schedule the first two days to ease in to the new year Advisory Periods every Wednesday ❏ ❏ Starts with a mindful moment ❏ Getting to Know You, Manners Incorporating: Say Something, Start with Hello, Keep the Conversation Going, ❏ See Things from the Other Side ❏ Yoga ❏ Character building lessons 11

HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELING DEPARTMENT GOAL: Develop a ❏ Mindfulness practice program of student ❏ classroom lessons wellness ❏ grade-level meetings ❏ Freshman Health class social media ❏ Student Ambassadors and TREND ❏ Expressions of “Respect and kindness” (posters, songs, quotes) 12

SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS ✔ = In place & ongoing High School Middle School Elementary Early Childhood ⚪ = Introductory Stages Mindfulness ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Sandy Hook Promise ⚪ ⚪ ⚪ ⚪ College Planning ✔ Career Planning ✔ ✔ Advisory Periods ⚪ Career Awareness ✔ ✔ Yoga ⚪ ⚪ ✔ Individual Sessions ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Group Lessons ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Classroom Lessons ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Social Skills & Friendship ✔ ✔ ✔ 13

COUNSELING DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATION Naviance Twitter Guidance Newsletters Google Forms GOAL: Improve communications Gmail/ Email with the student and parent SchoolWires community regarding guidance News for Parents information, support and related Counseling Department Website events Honeywell Alerts Guidance Mailings Daily Announcements GL TV Bulletin Boards Friday Folder 14 ***BOLD Items indicate parent preference for information delivery

SUMMARY ❏ Continue to focus on increase counseling department programs to meet student, staff, parents, & community needs ❏ Continue to update and remain current with social, emotional, college & career focused insight through professional growth ❏ Focus on the whole (holistic) child/student ❏ Reflect upon feedback to ensure that the department communicates in an effective and efficient manner with all stakeholders 15

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